Part 1: Penn Clarke signing to dolphin Akeakamai (Ake) with help from Eliza in Ake and Phoenix’s temporary dolphin tank at Waikiki Aquarium in 1987. Ake had been taught sign language over the previous 8 years. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the book Dolphins & […]
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Part 2: Penn Clarke signing to dolphin Akeakamai (Ake) with help from Eliza in Ake and Phoenix’s temporary dolphin tank at Waikiki Aquarium in 1987. Ake had been taught sign language over the previous 8 years. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the book Dolphins & […]
Penn Clarke filming Dave Weller in 1987 early on in training dolphins Hiapo & Elele. The tanks are far away from public viewing in Sea Life Park, Oahu, Hawaii. Earlier, Penn and Kitty swim with these two dolphins to socialize with them as they feed fish from 2 floating […]
Penn Clarke and Kitty socialize by swimming with and feeding dolphins Hiapo & Elele in a tank away from public viewing at Sea Life Park, Oahu, Hawaii, March 1987. Hiapo & Elele had recently been captured from the same group of dolphins as Akeakamai & Phoenix who had been […]
Sept. 10, 2001 Penn sailing the Mystic Turtle into NY Harbor with a replica of Henry Hudson’s Half Moon ship that Henry sailed up the Hudson River looking for a northwest passage to China in 1609. The World Trade Center is in the background. We dock at Liberty Landing Marina […]
9/11 World Trade Center is burning & each Twin Tower collapses. All voices, radio and other events were videoed on that tragic day and etched into Penn Clarke’s mind. Filmed from Penn’s sailboat, Mystic Turtle, docked at Liberty Landing Marina. Film credit Penn Clarke & Kitty. Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details […]
9/11 Penn Clarke narrates his night video taken from his sailboat, Mystic Turtle, docked in Liberty Landing Marina. The World Trade Center rubble is a 15-story high pile, still burning with rescue search lights aiding the rescues and recoveries, some lights in New Jersey, and lower New York City. Visit […]
September 14, 2001 President Bush’s helicopter – a decoy landing at Liberty Landing Park with white smoke still coming from the World Trade Center. Bush actually landed at the Battery in NYC. Videoed from Penn Clarke’s sailboat, Mystic Turtle. Film credit Kitty Donnan Visit www.dolphinrnr.com More details found in the […]
September 15, 2001 Penn Clarke & Kitty take dinghy out in NY Harbor to film skyline and burning World Trade Center rubble. Gun boat captain orders them back to Liberty Landing Marina. September 16, Penn helps boaters they got to know during the 5-day lockdown cast off from the marina. […]
In Memory of Sandra Bray Wilson Aug 13, 1963 – Oct 6, 2010 Sandra Bray Wilson loved dolphins and for many years wanted to swim with them. She had plans to visit the Florida Keys but was severely injured in a car accident in 1984. She lived the remainder of […]